Bali Found Typography

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On my first trip to Bali, I was in college (‘96). I was decidedly anti-photo at the time. I think my reasoning had something to do with not wanting to see Bali through the lens of a camera. To want to experience everything, soak it in and not have that process debased by the process of looking through a lens (can you tell I went to art school?). Needless to say, as the years passed, I’m remembering less and less about that first trip. Being in design school at the time, the one thing I did manage to photograph was Bali’s plethora of signage. Hand-lettered, hand-painted, spray paint, stencil, etc… Every conceivable sign (minus traffic/street signs), done with pride and love by hand. Bali seemed to have missed out on the cheap vinyl sign printing revolution, thank god. I still have those photos, in a shoe box somewhere and on our trip to Bali last year, I was decidedly pro-photo, this time, and well prepared to capture the glory of Balinese and Indonesian signage. I’ve put together a pretty good sample of the signs I found during our stay. enjoy.

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